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AP Basketball WriterAP All-Big 12: Kansas wins another title, sweeps AP awardsBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFor only the second time while winning 13 consecutive Big 12 titles, the Kansas Jayhawks have both The Associated Press conference player and coach of the year in the same season.Kansas senior guard Frank Mason III,...

Associated PressNCAA berth gives North Dakota chance to promote new brandBy DAVE KOLPACKGRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) University of North Dakota officials still smarting from a nickname controversy and reeling from budget cuts that put some athletic programs on the chopping block have found a team to sell its...

AP Basketball WriterPac-12 with 3 teams fighting on NCAA bubbleBy JOHN MARSHALLPHOENIX (AP) The Pac-12 is as strong at the top as it's been in some time with three teams with the potential to make deep runs in the NCAA Tournament.But get past No. 5 Arizona, No. 11...

LAS VEGAS (AP) UNLV suspended guard Daquan Cook on Tuesday for the non-conference portion of the upcoming season following a DUI arrest.The school said in a statement that Cook was arrested Sunday. Las Vegas police couldn't immediately provide information.Cook will miss UNLV's first 13 games. The school said...

Seton Hall recruits shooting guard Eron GordonSOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) Shooting guard Eron Gordon has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Seton Hall.Pirates coach Kevin Willard announced the signing on Wednesday, about a week after guard Isaiah Whitehead said he was leaving the program to...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Belmont returns four starters from an Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship team, making it easy to pick the Bruins as the preseason favorite to win the OVC.The Bruins received 21 of a possible 24 first-place votes in voting released Tuesday before the OVC's media day....

AP Sports WriterMichigan State's Ward gets tech for apparent trip of rivalBy LARRY LAGEANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan State's Nick Ward insisted he didn't trip Michigan's Moe Wagner intentionally.''I really don't think I did on purpose,'' Ward said after the Wolverines routed the Spartans 86-57 on Tuesday night....

MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin freshman Andy Van Vliet was not going to dress for the Badgers' exhibition game on Wednesday against Wisconsin-River Falls because of a pending eligibility issue.According to Wisconsin, NCAA rules state that prospective players have one year to enroll in college following their high school...

AP Basketball WriterGonzaga, Villanova, Kansas on top of AP poll after wild weekBy JIM O'CONNELLGonzaga is No. 1 for a second straight week in The Associated Press college basketball poll following a week in which all but four of the top 10 teams lost at least one game.The Bulldogs...

AP Sports WriterNo. 6 Kentucky encouraged by defensive resultsBy GARY B. GRAVESLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky has shown it has no problem scoring with five 100-point games and the Wildcats' offense ranked No. 2 nationally.Coach John Calipari has been focusing on the other side of the floor, stressing defense...

AP Basketball WriterDuke's Allen leads AP preseason All-America teamBy JIM O'CONNELLJosh Hart is off to a stellar start as a member of the defending national champions.The 6-foot-5 swingman from Villanova will begin his senior season on The Associated Press' preseason All-America team.Hart, the Big East's preseason player of the...

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim receives award for cancer workPITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim has received the American Cancer Society's Circle of Honor Award in recognition of his fundraising for cancer research.Boeheim was honored at a dinner Sunday night at Oak Hill Country Club in the Rochester...